International Classification of Primary Care

E18909

clinical classification system primary care classification

The International Classification of Primary Care is a standardized system used worldwide to code and organize data on patient reasons for encounter, diagnoses, and primary care processes in general practice settings.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	clinical classification system ⓘ primary care classification ⓘ
abbreviation	ICPC ⓘ
axis	chapters by body system ⓘ components for reason for encounter, diagnosis, and process ⓘ
chapterType	body systems and problem areas ⓘ
developer	WONCA ⓘ World Organization of Family Doctors ⓘ surface form: WONCA International Classification Committee World Organization of Family Doctors ⓘ
field	family medicine ⓘ general practice ⓘ primary care ⓘ
firstEditionYear	1987 ⓘ
geographicUse	Australia ⓘ Canada ⓘ Europe ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ various low- and middle-income countries ⓘ worldwide ⓘ
goal	facilitation of international comparison of primary care data ⓘ standardization of primary care data ⓘ support for primary care quality improvement ⓘ
hasNumberOfChapters	17 ⓘ
hasVersion	ICPC ⓘ surface form: ICPC-1 ICPC ⓘ surface form: ICPC-2 ICPC ⓘ surface form: ICPC-2-R ICPC ⓘ surface form: ICPC-3
mapping	mapped to ICD codes ⓘ
publicationYear	1987 ⓘ
relatedTo	International Classification of Diseases ⓘ surface form: ICD-10 International Classification of Diseases ⓘ surface form: ICD-11 International Classification of Diseases ⓘ
scope	diagnoses ⓘ health problems in primary care ⓘ processes of care ⓘ reasons for encounter ⓘ
secondEditionYear	1998 ⓘ
structure	bi-axial classification ⓘ
targetUser	family physicians ⓘ general practitioners ⓘ primary care clinicians ⓘ
thirdEditionYear	2020 ⓘ
use	coding diagnoses in primary care ⓘ coding primary care processes ⓘ coding reasons for encounter ⓘ epidemiological studies in primary care ⓘ health services planning in primary care ⓘ organizing primary care clinical data ⓘ primary care morbidity registration ⓘ primary care research ⓘ

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